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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11575
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14787
13 Actual Demand 11268
14 Aggregate Planning 12306
15 Air Cargo 10190
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6722
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34967
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15388
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19393
20 Assembly Line 22692
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23081
22 Average Speed of Answer 26631
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23290
24 Batch Production 38606
25 Bill Discounting 14654
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11338
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7224
28 Blanket Release 10102
29 Bonded Warehouse 10137
30 Booking Number 13923
31 Bottleneck 9626
32 Buffer Stock 59526
33 Build to Stock 13095
34 Bullwhip Effect 9774
35 Business Logistics 25912
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12649
37 Capacity Management 40886
38 Capacity Utilization 14212
39 Capital Intensive 8519
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8863
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12223
42 Certified Supplier 9027
43 Channel Effectiveness 9002
44 Co-Destiny 9381
45 Co-managed Inventory 12653
46 Co-Packers 11856
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6961
48 Computer-Based Training 7756
49 Consular Invoice 19935
50 Container Depot 10678
51 Container Freight Station 10334
52 Continuous Replenishment 19652
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12161
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11489
56 Control Charts 8026
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15348
59 CPFR 8289
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11887
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44365
62 Date Code 18385
63 Days of Supply 19947
64 Dead on Arrival 9428
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8199
67 Detective Control 8986
68 Devanning 14296
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11053
70 Dispatching 24690
71 Distributed Inventory 8432
72 Distribution Channel Management 34999
73 Distribution Metrics 9244
74 Distribution Planning 24305
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15339
76 Double Marginalization 52904
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22492
78 Dual 5491
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20710
80 Echelon Inventory 26314
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38367
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49990
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7688
84 Efficient Frontier 25629
85 Engineer-to-Order 31886
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16676
87 Erlang B Formula 9423
88 ETD 8396
89 Ex Works 7889
90 Exception Rate 13601
91 Exponential smoothing 9894
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9595
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10767
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8892
97 Fishbone Diagram 14696
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27216
99 Flow Through Distribution 12406
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8266
101 FOB Destination 13147
102 Forward buying 30335
103 Freight Charge 10482
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8347
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11829
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29700
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12773
109 Hub 23558
110 Idle Time 8139
 
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